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Court won't reduce student's music download fine [$675,000!!]
AP via Yahoo News ^ | May 21, 2012 | DENISE LAVOIE

Posted on 05/21/2012 7:49:30 PM PDT by ETL

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This guy is one unlucky SOB. Of all the millions of people who do this, to be one of a handful that gets in trouble for it...
1 posted on 05/21/2012 7:49:32 PM PDT by ETL
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Seems to me punishing him by making him a the slave for life of the music industry is just a tad excessive.


2 posted on 05/21/2012 7:53:39 PM PDT by DManA
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why cant he just claim bankruptcy


3 posted on 05/21/2012 7:54:30 PM PDT by KTM rider
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It seems excessive particularly in light of the crappy music involved.


4 posted on 05/21/2012 7:54:59 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
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Should have made the amount Eleventy-Skadillion.

Cuz that's fair.

I'm this dude, I relo to a new country and toss this corrupt, insane country the bird.

5 posted on 05/21/2012 7:55:32 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The so-called 'mainstream' media has gone from "biased" straight to "utterly surreal".)
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Does he at least get to keep the songs?


6 posted on 05/21/2012 7:56:27 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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I worked for a guy whose son shared music online about four years ago. He was contacted by a lawyer and was taken to court. The guy wouldn’t disclose the amount of money they were forced to pay because of the negotiated settlement but I’m guessing it was in the $5000 to $10,000 range. The kid was in high school when he illegally shared the songs.


7 posted on 05/21/2012 7:57:43 PM PDT by Sawdring
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Exactly, one more person chased out of this country.


8 posted on 05/21/2012 7:59:02 PM PDT by JLS (How to turn a recession into a depression: elect a Dem president with a big majorities in Congress))
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In general I don’t think bankruptcy gets you out of court judgement.


9 posted on 05/21/2012 7:59:49 PM PDT by DB
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I have predicted sometime in the next 10 year a jury somewhere will award the plaintiff “All the Money in the World + $1.”


10 posted on 05/21/2012 8:00:58 PM PDT by DManA
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they want to make him an example.

How about they get the fine from the sites that make it possible to transfer copies of music illegally?


11 posted on 05/21/2012 8:01:00 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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This guy will never be able to pay that amount down. His life in the US is done. He might as well head overseas and put that education to work in a nation with saner copyright laws. The RIAA is a cancer.


12 posted on 05/21/2012 8:01:18 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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And yet a corporation can steal a patent and face only civil action.

But copyright IP has been made SPECIAL IP, special only because the owners pay the politicians.

So they have created a new criminal class that is treated unequally with respect to copiers of other intellectual property.


13 posted on 05/21/2012 8:02:44 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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https://torrentfreak.com/new-law-will-shut-down-torrentfreak-music-industry-expert-says-110322/


14 posted on 05/21/2012 8:03:40 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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He needs to go into politics as a Democrat. Then he can have his fine retroactively removed. Hell, they’ll probably give him $90K to store in his freezer...


15 posted on 05/21/2012 8:07:34 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (A conservative can't please a liberal unless he jumps in front of a bus or off of a cliff)
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problem is... these days he’d be stopped at the border for having outstanding court ordered ‘damages’

of course, he could take on another’s ssno, claim to be from mexico, and work as an illegal in the US.


16 posted on 05/21/2012 8:08:50 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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He can whine all he wants, but in the end, he was stealing and got caught. All the rationalization, justification, denial, anger, resentment, etc., but he was stealing and got caught.


17 posted on 05/21/2012 8:10:03 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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Does he at least get to keep the songs?

For $675,000, he could have the bands play for him LIVE in his backyard.

18 posted on 05/21/2012 8:11:04 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: KTM rider

criminal fines are not dischargeable in bankruptcy.


19 posted on 05/21/2012 8:11:09 PM PDT by Mercat
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“For $675,000, he could have the bands play for him LIVE in his backyard.”

How much for whistling rights, do you suppose?


20 posted on 05/21/2012 8:14:13 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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